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Sources for Etymology:
- Check "meinung" on DWDS.de
Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "meinung" on Wiktionary (English version)
(For etymological connections across European languages. Not always accurate) - Etymonline.com - Origins of English words
My favorite source for the origin of English words.
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Why is it “meinER” Meinung, and not “meine Meinung”? It’s feminine, right? Does it take the genitive case? If so, why?
I guess you refer to the phrasing
“nach” is what is called a “postposition”. That’s like a preposition, just that it comes after the phrase it connects. Just like prepositions it still wants a specific case, and for the trailing “nach” it is indeed Genitive, like you said.
These two are the only common phrasings with this “nach”.
Brilliant, thank you.